We don't ask the kids to dress up. We'd rather have them with us than to have to fight with them to put on fancy clothes.

I grew up celebrating the holidays with cousins, aunts and uncles. And I wanted that for my kids even though we don't have family in South Florida.

What is your fondest memory of a holiday? We don't want the kids just eating and watching television.

For those of us who already have special needs kids, we've been through this. It'll be a refresher. But for parents with questions, it's as important to find out nothing is wrong as something is wrong.

If we're going to teach it to all kids -- kids who might not naturally be abstract learners -- we need a variety of teaching methods.

After the parade, my manager had the kids park the float in his driveway, where he meticulously removed all the paper towels from the float, folded them neatly and stacked them in his basement.